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Deutsche Telekom AG is engaged in the provision of telecommunication, information technology, multimedia, information and entertainment, security, and sales and agency services. It provides fixed-network or broadband, mobile communications, Internet, and Internet Protocol television products and services, and information and communication technology solutions. It operates through the following segments: Germany, Europe, United States, System Solutions, and Global Headquarters and Shared Services. The company was founded on January 2, 1995 and is headquartered in Bonn, Germany. [...] more

As mobile applications increasingly become a core part of the way enterprises do business, enterprise IT teams are having to resolve a number of issues related to mobile applications and devices. Lookout, the company that raised a massive $150 million in venture funding earlier this year, is one company trying to help enterprise IT with this read »

As every entrepreneur knows, startup success is often about getting the timing right. But as many of those based in Europe are discovering, it is also about being in the right place. And while the likes of London and Berlin continue to dominate headlines as Europe’s leading hubs, there are some hidden gems that are fast emerging as champions of read »

Deutsche Telekom, which owns nearly 67% of T-Mobile, is reportedly looking for a buyer for the U.S. cellular company, according to Germany’s Monthly Manager Magazin, saying that América Móvil (NYSE:AMX), controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim Helú, was a possibility.

Perhaps it was a country too big, perhaps it was because the German incumbent operator did not want to strike a deal with a low-cost challenger, in any case France’s Iliad withdrew its offer for T-Mobile US because Deutsche Telekom slammed the door shut.

In a brief statement, the parent group of operator Free in France said it had read »

Rocket Internet set the terms for Germany’s second large technology initial public offering this week, pricing its shares at the top of its expected range on Tuesday at $53.62 (42.50 Euros) according to sources.

It’s always been considered the preserve of the German people, their fierce obsession with data privacy and security, especially where any form of online activity is concerned, and it has certainly helped to drive growth for their online security startups, as evidenced this week by ZenMate, a consumer security and privacy firm that has just read »

Rocket Internet, the Berlin-based startup incubator that has launched startups from Brazil to India, set the price range for its initial public offering on Tuesday, which could value the company as high as $8.4 billion (6.5 billion Euros.)

Rocket could sell as many as 37.9 million shares, or 24% of the company, between the range of read »

German online fashion retailer Zalando is looking to raise as much as $818 million (633 million Euros) in an initial public offering on Oct. 1 that could value the company as high as $7.1 billion (5.5 billion Euros.)

In what could be the largest German tech IPO since the 2000 listing of Deutsche Telekom, Zalando announced in read »

When French mobile operator Iliad confirmed that it made an offer to purchase Deutsche Telekom’s 56% stake in T-Mobile for $33 per share, some wondered how serious the offer was. On July 31, Iliad confirmed a bid for the most successful upstart to the Verizon/AT&T duopoly. T-Mobile was trading at between $31 and $32 per share and had been in read »

According to an article by Reuters, the board of Deutsche Telekom is willing to look at the Iliad offer for a majority stake in T-Mobile US, but does not yet see a reason to walk away from talks with earlier bidder Sprint.

For Iliad and its founder and majority owner Xavier Niel, this is in fact good news as it shows he is at least being read »

He called it “a pretty good year,” but Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders could barely contain his glee at announcing the company’s 2014 record annual results last week in Munich, where the German headquarters of the pan-European company is located. In line with his leadership philosophy, he is struggling to be humble in front of the media. read »